Chocolate Chip Cookies

*** Chocolate Chip Cookies ***
~   16pc Cookies (3  x 3 x 2/3 inches round) ~ 


- Ingredients –

* 1  cup   all-purpose flour
* 1 ¼ cup  oatmeal (blended)
* ½ cup   butter
* ½ cup   sugar
* ½ cup   brown sugar
* 1   egg
* 2/3 tsp   vanilla extract
* 1/4 tsp   salt
* ½ tsp    baking powder
* ½ tsp    baking soda
* 1/3 cup    chopped walnuts
(or pecans, peanuts, almonds etc.)
* 3 ~ 5 oz   semisweet chocolate chips  
(or white, dark chocolate chips, raisins, dried flutes etc.)  


- Cooking Direction –

1. Measure oatmeal, and blend in a blender or food processor to a fine powder.

2. In a medium bowl sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt 5 times. Add blended oatmeal and mix well.

3. In a medium(large) pot cream the butter and both sugars until very light and fluffy. (medium low heat)

4. Turn off the heat, add egg and vanilla extract mix together.

5. Add dried ingredient and mix well.

6. After cool add walnuts and chocolate chips.

7. 2 and 1/3 Tbsp dough balls place two inches apart on a cookie sheet. (2 inches round balls)

8. Preheat the oven 375 degrees F, bake for 10 ~ 12 minutes.
(until edge is light brown : 10 minutes-soft cookie, 12 minutes-crispy cookie)

9. Use a spatula to remove cookies to a wire rack to cool.